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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1135 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL

1230 AM EDT...



  MERCER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA



AT 1135 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT PIGEON CREEK WAS 

STILL OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR OAKVALE...AND THAT CHEESY CREEK ROAD WAS 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE SHOWERS TAPERING 

OFF IN INTENSITY...BUT EXPECT PIGEON CREEK...AND OTHER SMALLER 

CREEKS IN THE OAKVALE VICINITY TO REMAIN IN FLOOD THROUGH 1230 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 



RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.



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